Based in Washington, Jen manages Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.
Prior to taking on her current role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $40.6 billion Homeland Security appropriations bill Thursday that included amendments targeting the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) workforce. One was a surprise amendment proposed by Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, capping spending on TSA for screener personnel, compensation and benefits at $2.76 billion.
At a time when the U.S. Congress is consumed with the federal deficit, lawmakers continue to embrace a vision that reinvests defense budget cuts into the Pentagon's massive war chest.
ENGINE SUPPORT: The House Appropriations defense subcommittee does not include funding in its fiscal 2012 defense spending bill for the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine, but that does not mean its members do not support an alternative powerplant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The panel’s chairman, Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young (R-Fla.), told reporters June 1 that all but three of the subcommittee’s members supported funding the F136 last year. “We got shot down in the House,” he says.
